Responding to critical events through threat levels - Security Center 5.10

If a dangerous situation arises while you are monitoring your system (for example, a fire or shooting), you can respond by changing the state of the entire Security Center system or specific areas, using threat levels.

Before you begin

To set threat levels, you need the Set threat level user privilege. If the Threat levels icon () is not displayed in the notification tray, you can show it from the Options dialog box.

1. Open the Threat levels dialog box one of the following ways:
   • In the notification tray, double-click the Threat levels () icon.
   • From the home page, click Tools > Threat levels.
2. Do one of the following:
   • To set a threat level on the entire system, select a threat level from the System threat level drop-down list.
   • To set a threat level on a specific area, select a threat level from the drop-down list next to the desired entity.

   

3. In the confirmation dialog box that opens, click Apply > Close.